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Also by Robert M. Gates:

A Passion for Leadership, January 2016
Hardcover / e-Book
Duty, January 2014
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From the Shadows, May 1997
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FROM THE SHADOWS
By: Robert M. Gates

The Ultimate Insider's Story of Five Presidents and How They Won the Cold War

Simon and Schuster
May 1997
On Sale: May 7, 1997
608 pages
ISBN: 0684834979
EAN: 9780684834979
Paperback (reprint)
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Non-Fiction

From a former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, whose government service spanned six presidencies, this is the inside story of the role of America and the agency in the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Gates provides descriptions of the atmosphere, culture and politics of the CIA and the National Security Council and draws candid appraisals of presidents and key officials. Among his many disclosures are: how Carter laid the foundations for Reagan's covert wars against the Soviets; CIA predictions of a conservative coup against Gorbachev and the collapse of the Soviet Union; CIA and KGB "black operations" against each other; the secret relationship between Pope John Paul II and the Soviets; and the three secret CIA-KGB summits.

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